Crossword-Solution: SEQUESTRUM
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Sequestrum | n. | A portion of dead bone which becomes separated from the sound portion, as in necrosis. |
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| a portion of dead bone which becomes separated from the sound portion, as in necrosis | 1 answer |
| Deaden | 63 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who elects, or has the right of choice; a person who
is entitled to take part in an election, or to give his vote in favor
of a candidate for office.
Hint 2 anagram
ETLECRO
Hint 3 another clue
A BALLOT CAST BY A VOTER WHO VOTES FOR ALL THE CANDIDATES OF ONE PARTY
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Sentences with SEQUESTRUM (5)
The term _exfoliation_ is sometimes employed to indicate the separation or throwing off of a superficial sequestrum.
The edges and deep surface of the sequestrum present a serrated or worm-eaten appearance due to the process of erosion by which the dead bone has been separated from the living.
The dead bone is separated from the living by the agency of granulation tissue with its usual complements of phagocytes and osteoclasts, so that the sequestrum presents along its margins and on its deep surface a pitted, grooved, and worm-eaten appearance, except on the periosteal aspect, which is unaltered.
The separation of the sequestrum takes place more rapidly in the spongy bone of the ossifying junction than in the compact bone of the shaft.
The _extrusion of a sequestrum_ may occur, provided there is a cloaca large enough to allow of its escape, but the surgeon has usually to interfere by performing the operation of sequestrectomy.